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My dad used to work on oil carriers in the North Sea, he said an owl had stowed away and nested on one of bouys near a field. The place was covered with skeleto

My dad used to work on oil carriers in the North Sea, he said an owl had stowed away and nested on one of bouys near a field. The place was covered with skeletons of birds

ge96 4y ago
Why? They died from no food or something?
- makeset 4y ago
  Presumably the owl ate them. Owls swallow their prey whole, so the skeleton comes out intact. Dissecting "owl pellets" as they are called, and trying to piece together the skeleton within is a popular educational youth activity.